Chapter 11

Population

The Challenge of a Growing Population
  • There has been a humongous amount of population growth, from the 18th century till date
  • The population during the 20th century has almost quadrupled.
  • The population growth has caused radical change in the relationship between humans and ecological systems.
  • The larger amount of humans have caused rise of the average consumptions of natural resources
  • The population is said to reach 9 billion by the end of the 20th century and if humans don’t find new ways to reduce the amount of carbon emissions the amount wont plateau like the population.
The Path to Stabilization
  • Demographers noticed that countries with higher incomes have lower populations growth and those samecountries.BlueMarble.jpeg